Sustainable City with Urban Design Theory

Sustainable City

Sustainable development is "development that is able to meet the needs of the present masyrakt without neglecting the ability of future generations to meet their needs, as a process of change in which resource utilization, investment direction, the orientation of development and institutional change is always in balance and synergistically reinforce each other potential present and future to meet human needs and aspirations "(Brundtland, 1987).
Various kinds of cities by certain groups dominate:
•Technopolis : if that dominate are the engineer and technologist
•Profitopolis : if the role is the private or business
•Marxopolis : if that dominate decision-making is in the planning and development of the town is the head of local government
•Ecopolis : if that is the larger role of expert scientists and environmental experts
•Humanopolis : when the city faces completely determined by all its citizens.


In the 21st century, the cities of the future must hold fast to the five factors that employment, environment, equity, engagement, dan energy

Urban Design
Urban design is a result of the integration of activities between the professional town planner, architecture, landscaping, civil engineering, and transportation in a physical form. Originator urban design (image of the city) is Kevin Lynch in 1974. There are five basic elements that can build the image of a city:
•Path : Barrier between the two buildings; example: roads, railways, etc.
•Edge : For linear breaker; example: the wall
•Distrct : Has certain characteristics; example: public space, commerce, etc.
•Node : Meeting some path, the center of the crowd; example: intersection of five
•Landmark : to know an area.
There was also no measurable criteria, namely:
•Access : Ease, comfort, and security objectives (location, circulation)
•Compability : Activities that take place as well as compatibility with the topographical layout, scale, and the building
•View : Aspects of clarity between the human orientation of the building, to appeal
•Identity : As an identity that is recognizable by the observer (image)
•Sense : Everything that is generated, associated with cultural resources
•Livability : Comfort to live in it
Urban design elements:
•Land Use : reflection of the relationship and linkages between the circulation and the density of activity in a region
•Building Form and Massing : shape and mass characteristics of the building to show the region that includes the height, floor area ratio, coverage, scale, etc.
•Activity support : Supporting the activities of all the activities that strengthen the use of public space
•Open space : Vacant land in the city to become the park so that should be integral to the planning and building mutual support
•Pedestrian ways : Pedestrian path, to support regional activities, as well as for aesthetics, especially in the city center
•Circulation and parking : Movement system and the main elements that can give shape urban environment
•Signage : Indicate the direction and function of buildings and certain areas, labeling is not only done by assigning the sign but can be done with forms or other visual characteristics
•Preservation : conservation efforts should be able to protect the environment and the existing regional chambers that had been established as a historic area

Theory of Urban Design
Three approaches urban design theory:
•figure ground
•linkage
•place